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THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
the Eagle Publishing Company.
volume lv
THE COBURN PLAYERS WILL
PERFORM AT LAKE BREN AU.
On April 50 and May i —“ Joan of Arc,”
“Merry Wives of Windsor,” Etc.
A play in every particular adapted
to the charm of the out-of-door per
formances is “Canterbury Pilgrims”
of Percy Mac Kaye.
Mr. Mac Kaye has chosen for the
characters of his play those men
tioned in the Canterbury Tales of
Chaucer as pilgrims to the shrine of
Thomas a Becket and has woven
them into a plot which is interest
ing and amusing, full of bright
comedy and sparkling wit. The
great poet himself, Chaucer, is in
cluded in and is the central figure
of the plot which entangles him in
several embarassing situations
through the machinations of the
Wife of Bath, who tries to win him
for her sixth husband by fraudu
lently forcing the issue of a wager
made between them. Her accom
plices are the lisping friar, the jolly
miller and others of their kind,
while her wit is aimed at the gentle
Prioress in whom she scents a rival
for the attentions of the poet.
The dignity of the play is upheld
by the beauty and grace of the lan
guage in which it is told. Except
for the modern English, which for
obvious reasons has to be employed,
one might easily imagine one's self
transported to the thirteenth century
and witnessing the actual pilgrim
age to Canterbury.
Special attention has been paid to
the costumes which are correct in
every detail to the period presented
and the color effect of them is most
satisfactory to the eye.
M/ork Will be Returned.
The Hall county Commissioners
and the Commissioners of Gwinnett
county met Saturday to arrange for
the return of some work by the
Gwinnett county convicts which
that county owes Hall from last
year. It will be remembered that this
county lent Gwinnett some of her
convicts to pull the former out of
the hole on her road building, and
Gwinnett is now ready to recipro
cate.
A Mammoth Egg—Eggzactly.
Mr. W. E. Lattimer from down
Calvary way brought a hen’s egg
into the Eagle Office yesterday that
would lay the egg of a goose in the
shade —and then some.
The egg was laid by a hen that
belongs to his son, Mr. G. C. Latti
mer, of the lower end of the county.
The egg in circumference the long
way measured 81-2 inches, while
the circumference around the side
pulled the tape at 7 1-8 inches.
The egg weighed 5 1-2 ounces,
which is equivalent the weight of
three average hen’s eggs.
Talkin Ben Buried.
A fellow told us Monday that
Talkin Ben was buried on April 10,
a.,d that J. W. Allen was buried in
the same coffin. The work was
done by the neighbors, who dug the
grave themselves. However, both
the corpses escaped and are now at
large. The kind neighbors, after
they had rounded off and patted
down the grave, put up this epitaph:
“Here lies the body of Talkin Ben:
We’ll see him agin, but we don’t
know when.
He font the devil and fout the Dutch,
And died of Long fever and talkin
too much."
Gainesville High Totes Honors.
In a close and hard fought game
of basket ball between the Gaines
ville High School girls and the girls
of the N. G. A. C. College, played
at Murrayville Saturday, the former
won by a score of 7 to 6.
This was the continuation of a
series of games played between the
Gainesville High School and the
Dahlonega girls.
The first game being played at
Dahlonega, the Dahlonega girls
won. while the second game played
in Gainesville, the local team won.
and it was then decided that the
two teams would meet at Murray
ville for the third game—the rubber
—which was some rubber, they do
say.
Miss Annie Belle Wheeler and
Miss Lillie Strickland starred for
the Gainesville team, while for the?
Dahlonega team, Misses Mildred
Hendrix and Mary Lon Quillian
s starred.
Miss Hendrix secured a broken
I collarbone and other painful injuries
■in the game.
WILL THE BOY SCOUT
MOVEMENT BE A SUCCESS?
This is the Question that is Now Confronting ,
the Patriotic Citizens of Gainesville—
Gainesville Spirit in the Balance.
Have you done your part toward
the Boy Scout movement for Gaines
ville?
If you have not, will you do your
part?
The commissioners have decided
upon Rev. W. W. Bonson, pastor of
St. Paul Church, for the Scout
Master, and Mr. Daniel Ashford, a
promising young man, and a grand
son of the late Governor Allen D.
Candler, for Assistant Scoutmaster.
There is a list of sixty boys of
Gainesville who want to be Boy |
Scouts, but who are, many of them, i
handicapped for the lack of funds j
with which to buy uniforms and j
supplies which the organization re- j
quires, while there are about thirty!
boys whose parents are willing and !
will supply them with requisites for
the organization.
Now, it is not a hard matter to get
a contribution for most any move
ment wanted in Gainesville, when
the Atlanta spirit gets mixed with !
it.
Here is what we would suggest:
After Rev. Benson receives his
commission from the National Scout
master, let every citizen, whether
you have a boy in the organization
or not, make a contribution, how
ever large or small, to the Boy Scout
Movement of Gainesville. The
funds thus raised to go for buying
uniforms and equipment for boys
who want to join but who are unable
because their parents are not able
to fit them out.
It is a religious duty to prepare
the boys for useful manhood.
We hope every citizen will do their
part toward instituting one of the
strongest Boy Scout Organizations
in the State.
We are due the young life of our
State that much.
Let’s not let charity begin at
home and stop at the same place;
but let’s get charity to tarry for a
long while.
Delegates to Presbyterial.
Mrs. Waterman and Mrs. S. A.-
Wallace will go as delegates to the ;
Presbyterial at its meeting at Com
merce the 21st.
Meeting of D. A. R. Called.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution will hold a meeting in
the parlors of the Princeton Hotel
next Saturday, April 18, at 4 p. m.
At this time the business of signing
the charter will come before the
members and it is very important
that all the ladies be present.
Got Refreshments.
Policemen Skinner and Spence
Monday afternoon captured about
fifteen gallons of refreshments out
near the cemetery, and the same is
now behind lock and key at the city
hall. The Rausum Gitter who had
the refreshments took leg bail when
he got news that the officers were
coming.
Preached at St. Paul.
Rev. S. R. Belk, presiding elder
of the Gainesville district, preached
an able sermon on the resurrection
of Jesus Christ at St. Paul Sunday
night, to a large and attentive au
dience. Dr. Belk took occasion to
say that he had preached from two
to three sermons a day for the past
thirty-five days, at different
churches in the district. And he
will still be ready to preach a
goodly number of revival sermons
when the campaign opens up.
It is a pleasure to hear Dr. Belk.
He throws his whole life into his
sermons, and you can’t lose interest
in them if you want to.
Spring Convocation.
The spring meeting of the Athens
Convocation will be held in Grace
Church, 66 East Washington street,
this city, next Friday, begining with
the celebration of the Holy Eucharist
at 10.15 o’clock, when the Rightßev.
C. K. Nelson, D. D., will pontificate,
assisted by the Very Rev. Thomas
Duck, M. A., dean, the Rev. Troy
Beatty of Athens, and the Rev. H.
Fields Saumenig, of Atlanta. Im
mediately at the close of the com
munion service the Convocation will
organize In the afternoon at- 2.30
o'clock the different, .branches of the
Woman’s Auxiliary will meet. The
meetings are open to the public, and
all will be cordially received.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY APRIL 16 1914
MANY SHALL BE CALLED,
BUT FEW SHALL BE CHOSEN.
Last Friday Proved How Much the Frisky
Voters had been Prevaricating.
The county primary was held last
Friday with fair weather and a fair
turn-out of voters, and about an
average amount of snccess and de- I
feat was mixed up with the pro-,
ceedings.
There were many surprises and it'
would have been surprising if there
had not been., The vanquised ac
cepted the arbitrament of the ballot
gracefully, while the victors wore
their laurels with becoming mod
esty.
The successful ones were: Wheeler
for County Judge; Johnson for
County Attorney; Spencer for Sher
iff; Reed Lathem for Treasurer;
Buffington for Receiver; Barrett for
Collector. Smith for Clerk and
Stow for Coroner had no opposition.
About 3,210 votes were cast out of
a white registration of 4,724.
Wheeler’s majority was 1,040.
Pickrell carried Tadmore, Sandy
Flat, and New Holland
Johnson’s majority was 1,471.
Quillian carried Narramore ami
Quillians.
Spencer’s majority was 1,209.
Long carried Clinchem, Morgans,
Cander, and Gainesville Mill.
Reed Lathem’s plurality was 80.
George Lathem carried Friendship,
Gillsville, Sandy Flat, Whelchels,
Gainesville, and New Holland.
West carried Candler, Polksville,
Quillian, Clermont and Gainesville
Mill.
Buffington’s' plurality 515. Lokey
carried Roberts. Cato carried Tad
more. Whelchel carried Morgans,
Candler, Big Hickory, Fork and
Tom Bell.
Barrett’s majority was 180. Fuller
carried Flowery Branch, Roberts,
Friendship, Sandy Flat, Narramore,
Gainesville, New Holland, Gaines
ville Mill.
Now, you need have no doubt
about the new officers measuring up
to the full stature of the best in the
country. The new Judge apd Solic
itor are in the vigor of alert young
manhood, and both of fine legal
equipment and of most unimpeach
able intergrity.
The sheriff is not a new one, but
he has served one term, and the big
vote he received attests his popular
ity and that his duties have been
well performed.
As to the new Treasurer we will
say that if a penny should escape
from the County’s exchequer, he
will chase it with the same unremit
ting industry that he displayed dur
ing the recent campaign—and that
is saying a lot, and then some.
Reed is allright.
As to Billy Buffington—well, the
office seems to want him as badly as
he wants it —and that is saying some
also. He has been tried and is a
good OIK.
And Brother Barrett—he is too
modest and quiet and unassuming to
run for office. That is what some
people thought. But the country
folks liked his style, and they knew
'he was thorough tly competent. And
[they got up before day to vote for
him. And he’ll make good.
Pension Money is Here.
Ordinary Whelchel tells us that
the long-looked-for pension money
for the Confederate veterans has ar
rived and is now ready to be paid
out.
The number of pensioners in Hall
county is 331. and the amount re
ceived is $19,855.
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Thanks for Big Vote.
Mr. John L. Barrett wishes,
through the Eagle, to thank the
voters in Hall county for the splen
did vote they gave him last Fri
day at the primary election. He is
truly grateful for this fine evidence
of their confidence, and it will be
his earnest endeavor to fully justify
this confidence in all his private
and official acts.
Visited Chestnut Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Hudgins and
family of this city were guests Sat
urday and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Hudgins and Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Stringer, near Chestnut Moun
tain. On Saturday they had the
pleasure of attending a most delight
ful Easter egg hunt given to th®
chidren.
The children were busied in the
home 1 lctf«MnniWu(JG. Hudgins with
games while the eggs were being
hid, after which • they had the
time oftheir lives searching out the
beautifully colored eggs.
Established in 1860.
WE SHOULD HAVE A MAP
OF THE CITY WATERPIPES.
Os the Many Thousands Feet Water Pipes
Now Running Over Gainesville there
is Not a Map with Which to
Find Many of Them.
Did you ever stop to think what a
proposition it would be to keep the
lay of waterpipes, the manholes,
and sewerpipes in one’s head?
Well that is the proposition that
is now confronting the city.
We not only have not a map of
the pipes, but there is only one man
in town that nows the exact lay of
the pipes, we are told.
That man is the present city en
gineer, Mr. Saunders.
Suppose Mr. Saunders were to get
sick, and some one else had to take
up the work in his place, and there
were some work to be done on the
pipes in some section of the city,
then a man would have to dig all
over town finding out where the
pipes were located.
Whereas if he han a map he could
find the trouble in a minute.
We have talked with one of the
Councilmen, or rather he talked
with us, about it, and we are
thinking that it should be attended
to at once: and he is of the same
impression.
Visiting Parents.
Mrs. H. S. Sewell of Memphis,
Tenn., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Simmons, on Green
street. She is accompanied by her
little son, H. S., Jr.
Lecture at Brenau College.
On Thursday evening in Brenau
Auditorium the Right Rev. C. K.
Nelson, D. D., will deliver a lecture
on “The Church’s Relation to Educa
tion.” The public are cordially in
vited to attend. There will be no
admission fee.
Coming to Hall County.
Mr. T. N. Jarrard of Madison
county last week purchased through
Roper & Washington the Jeff
Whelchel place near Antioch Camp
ground, from Mr. Sam Westbrooks.
Mr. Jarrard made the investment
for a home, and will also run a store
at that place.
Some Game this Week.
The Gainesville High School nine
will cross bats with the Peacock
Meet Thursday of this week, while
on Friday and Saturday they have
games booked with the Riverside
Scrubs. The High School has a
good team this season and these
games may be expected to*be inter
esting.
Old Field School Tuesday.
The Old Field School and Spell
ing Bee, which was postponed a few
weeks ago, will certainly pull off
some stunts at the City Hall on next
Tuesday night, April 21st. Ad
mission for adults will be 25 cents,
while the children will get a look-in
for 15 cents*. A goodly number of
citizens are expected to be present,
and they do say there will be a
laugh for everyone.
Beautifying Square.
The work of planting a hedge all
the way around the square and
around the walks is progressing,
and when completed and the hedge
gets a good start to grow, this will
indeed add much to the square’s
beauty.
I The square will be put under
police protection and there will be
no one allowed to eat watermelons
and throw the rinds on the square
this summer.
“Keep off the Grass,” would be a
likely sign to place within the
square.
Off to Commissioners’ Convention.
Mr. John A. Smith is in atten
dance in Atlanta upon the first
annual convention of the Georgia
Road Commissioners’ Convention,
which convened in Atlanta yester
day and today.
A good program had been arranged
for this meeting and very likely this
wil? prove very beneficial to Mr.
Smith in the good roads building
for Hall county. Mr. Smith is con
stantly on the alert for the best in
terests of good roads builflingjtahd
Hall eounty is getting her roads
now into condition that is causing
other counties to sit up and take
notice.
JIM CANTRELL SUFFERING
FROM ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA
Grim Reaper May Rob Gallows of Prey—in
Critical Condition Awaiting Death Sen
tence on April 24th
Jim Cantrell, incarcerated in Hall
county jail for being accessory be
fore the fact in the murder of
Arthur Hawkins last spring, and
who has been granted two re
prieves by Governor Slaton, the
last one of which expires April 24th.
is in a critical condition suffering
from pneumonia, and very little
hope is held out for his recovery.
Cantrell, although a stout and
portly young man from the moun
tains when placed in jail, has grad
ually lost strength, and the long
confinement has weight'd heavily
upon him.
Bartow Cantrell’not quite eighteen
years old yet. who killed Hawkins,
is in the same cell with his brother,
but is the very picture of health.
The younger Cantrell's case has
been argued before the supreme
court, but no decision has beeh
handed down by this tribunal.
Should Cantrell recover from the
attack of pneumonia, which from all
accounts is very unlikely, it will
only be to meet death by the gallows
two weeks hence, unless the Gov
ernor should grant him the third
reprieve.
Visited Brother Sunday.
Dr. C. C. Whelchel and son, from
Comer, were guests Sunday of the
former’s brother, Mr. W. D. Whel
chel, of this city, returning home
Monday.
Will Enter for Legislature.
Mr. W. F. Conner of this city will
enter the lists for a run for the
General Assembly this year. Six
years ago he was one of the entries
and made a spirited race.
Negro House Burned.
A two-room negro house on Rail
road avenue was destroyed by fire
about 4 o’clock last Thursday after
noon, the origin of the fire being
unknown. The house was occupied
by Jerry Harris, a negro. No in
surance.
Miss Mincey Recovering.
Communication from the bedside
of Miss Emily Mincey, who was
operated upon for appendicitis in
Atlanta a few days ago, announces
the fact that she is much improved,
and a speedy recovery is predicted.
Miss Mincey’s friends, who are
legion, felt much uneasiuess as to
her condition after the operation.
Grace Church.
Next Sunday being within the
Octave of Easter the music of last
Sunday will be repeated. Services
will be at 8 and 11.30 a. m. and Bp.
m., with Sunday school and Bible
class at 10 a. m.
St. Mary’s Chapter will meet Mon
day afternoon at 3.30 o’clock, in the
vestry room.
In Flowery Branch this Week.
Rev. W. W. Benson is this week
assisting the pastor of the Flowery
Branch Methodist church in a series
of meetings that are being conducted
at that place. Rev. Benson will in
all probability be gone for a couple
of weeks.
Arrangements are being made for
services at St. Paul, however, dur
ing his absence, and will be an
nounced in the Eagle later.
Will Open Campaign.
J. O. Adams will open his cam
paign at Chestnut Mountain Satur
day afternoon April 25th, for the
State Senate. He will discuss live
issues upon which he bases his can
didacy. Notices are mailed to
every voter in that section.
He will have every bill ever in
troduced by him in the House and
showing the present status of all
measures and business now pending
in the House.
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4852 Names on Register.
When the Hall County registra
tion was finished last Wednesday
there were 4,852 voters on the lists.
There are a 128 negroes registered to
vote. These are of the better class
of colored citizens. There are 1,657
names on the Gainesville list, which
includes New Holland and the
"registrars, Messrs. C. A-.
Dozier, J. B?^Gastdi»V ; and H. E.
Mundy, did a neat and careful job
and are to be congratulated upon
their efficiency.
SI.OO a Year in Advance
NUMBER 16
AVIATOR BEECH TO
FLY IN GAINESVILLE
ON THURSDAY MAY 7
Noted Air Devil will Positively Make Two
Flights in Gainesville in May—Comes
at Big Cost to Merchants.
At great expense to the Gainesville
merchants. Aviator Beech of Chi
cago. has agreed to come to Gaines
ville for two flights in his monstrous
aeroplane on May 7th, probably
making the initial flight in the morn
ing and the second flight in the after
noon.
The Gainesville & Northwestern
and the Gainesville Midland, and in
all probability the Southern, will put
on excursion rates to Gainesville on
that date.
A few years ago the Gainesville
merchants tried to get an aviator
to come to Gainesville to make three
flights, but some way or other they
didn’t make it go. Now it is an
assured thing that Hall eounty
people and people from all Northeast
Georgia, will have the privilege for
the first time in their lives of seeing
an aeroplane flight, with all the
greatest feats in aviation.
Mr. Beech ranks with the best
aviators in the world. During the
two years that he has been flying he
has made several records for skill
and altitude, one of the greatest
being when he flew his machine to
an altitude of 11,775 feet.
When he gives his exhibitions here
on May 7th, he will perform all the
maneuvers known to aviation, such
as cross flying, glides, dips, rolls,
altitude climbing, and spirals.
The aviation being assured, a cam
paign of advertising has been started
and the entire country is being
covered, and it is needless to say
that there will be more than 20,000
people in Gainesville from the rural
districts of Hall and many other
county.
It is one thing to read of the great
aviators flirting with the undertaker,
defying all laws of nature, but it is
another thing to see them.
A little over two years ago when
Wright Bros, made their first flight
at Kitty Hawk, N. C., of 43 seconds,
the world was amazed. It could
not comprehend how a machine
with its weight in addition to that
of the aviator could stay in the air
a length of 43 seconds time. But
now the continent has been crossed
in aeroplanes; machines have been
known to stay in the air for 14 hours
at the time, soaring away many
hundred feet from the earth.
Tell your neighbor that {you are
going to see an “air-ship” flying
over Gainesville like a hawk, and
also tell him to send word to his
neighbor.
If you are not in Gainesville on
May 7, you will be by yourself
wherever you are.
Come Tonight.
Regular meeting Chamber of Com
merce tonight at City Hall, 8
o’clock.
The Improvement Committee
Os the Women’s Civic Club are
urged to attend the meeting this
afternoon. Important business in
regard to the Triangle will be dis
cussed.
Back from Florida
Mr. John E. Redwine, Jr., re
turned last Friday from a trip
to Florida, where he visited many
points of interest, He reports hav
ing had a most pleasant trip.
United States Court.
There will be a session of the
United States court held in Gaines
ville beginning May 11th. The court
will in all probability last through
more than half of the week, as
there is a heavy docket to dispose of.
In Cleveland This Week.
Judge Jones and Solicitor Mc-
Millan. with a large aray of attor
neys from Gainesville, left Sunday
evening for Cleveland, where they
are holding a little court this week.
Among them were Mr. Gaillard,
Mr. William Johnson, and our Billy
Sloan.
The Coburn Players.
Plan to hear them at Brenau Park
Thursday night, Friday afternoon,
and Friday night, April3oand May 1.
The season tickets are only $1.50
and $2.00
If they were playing in Atlanta
you would pay that much for one
performance, instead of three, be
sides railroad and hotel expenses.